Canada reaps the benefits of Bruins being available to play for their country thanks to the NHL lockout. I'm digging deep for a cheery angle, here.

Bruins enjoy a silver lining from the lockout cloud:

• Patrice Bergeron, Tyler Seguin and other NHL refugees power a strong Canadian team to win the Spengler Cup. [ CBC Sports ]
• Malcolm Subban, Dougie Hamilton, and Anthony Camara for Canada win over Alexander Khokhlachev’s Russians in World Juniors. [ NESN.com ]
• A Dafoomie highlight reel of Malcom Subban and John Gibson saves. [ YouTube ]
• Milan Lucic congratulates Patrice Bergeron on his singular collection of championships. [ @MilanLucic4 ]

Other news and more Holiday cheer:

• Detroit Red Wings beholden to the City of Detroit for $70 million? [ NBC Sports ]
• A NH schoolgirl to remain on the schoolboy hockey team, judge rules. [ Boston.com ]
• Roy MacGregor’s Ode to Hockey. What’s the NHL got to do with it? [ The Globe and Mail ]
• Marty Turco enjoying himself in the snow. [ @mturco35 ]
• … and selling McChow overseas on the side?!?!? LOVE the Velveeta colored packaging! [ @slezaksteve ]